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Using Social Media to Promote Your Event
Enter into the equation social media. Social media allows you the ability to quickly interact with a target market. It doesn’t matter if you’re using Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, or a Blog. Just remember to use the social media channel most conducive to your audience. Each target market is a little different.

Listen, Don't Shout!
Think of social media as your opportunity to interactively engage your target market. Too many event promoters and organizers use social media to SHOUT at their target market. Don’t do that! The most successful event marketers leverage social media as a listening platform. I strongly encourage you to do the same. If you listen to your target market, you're better apt to serve them. In return, they're more likely to do business with you.

Engage in Interactive Social Media Marketing
An easy to implement social media event strategy is to ask questions and collect feedback. You can accomplish this through Facebook wall posts, Tweets, or a simple survey. The questions shouldn't be leading -  e.g. "You don't like this right?" vesus "What do you think about this?" Instead of multiple choice, I encourage you to use comment fields. You'll get much better feedback. Your questions can be as simple as asking people, “How can we improve the event?” or “What didn’t you like about the event?” I promise you that you’ll get some amazing (and actionable) feedback!

From on an advertising and promotions standpoint, you can use the feedback to crank up the effectiveness of your event marketing. The best advertisements get the read to think, "This person truly understands me!"

Here are some additional resources for DIY online event surveys:

• Two Amazingly Powerful Event Survey Questions
• Create a Better Event with Patron Feedback
• Leading People to Provide Event Feedback
• A Negative Question to Create a Better Event
• A Great Event Survey Question - When Disaster Strikes

Objectivity is Crucial!
Just keep in mind - If you’re going to ask questions of potential event attendees or customers, you need to stay objective! The ultimate event experience is built around your event attendee’s ego. It’s imperative that you, as an event organizer or promoter, keep your ego in check. The best event promoters take their egos out of the equation. Never assume you know better than your event prospects or attendees. When in doubt, ask them what they want!

Here are some additional social media resources you can use to market your event:

• Do You Make These Social Media Mistakes with Your Event?
• Measuring Your Social Media Event Promotion Efforts
• How to Leverage Facebook and Your Event Marketing
• Beware of the "Social Media" Event SMACKDOWN!
• Social Media, Your Event Marketing, and "Insider Info" . . .
• Social Media Comments and Your Event
• The Downside of Promoting Your Event with Social Media

• The Event Promotion System
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